Montepaschi Siena hosted Olympiacos in game one of the best of five Euroleague Quarterfinals and David Andersen came ready to play. In 31:46 minutes he came out firing, finishing with 28 points as well as 7 rebounds. Despite the Aussie Big Man’s dominance Montepaschi Siena was defeated 82-75. Game 2 was also played this week and Montepaschi was able to even the series at 1-1 with a 80-81 win. Andersen also added 14 points and 6 rebounds in that victory. Game 3 will be held March 28th. Andersen averaged 11.5ppg and 5.9rpg for the season.

MIN

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

REBS

AST

STL

BLKS

TO

32

10-14

2-3

6-9

28

7

0

0

0

0

Honourable Mentions

Joe Ingles

Hometown: Hope Valley, SA

Current Team: Regal FC Barcelona (Spain – ACB)

Former Teams: South Dragons (NBL)

Unlucky for the second week in a row not to not be AussieHoopla’s International Player of the Week. In a spectacular overtime victory, Joe Ingles was a huge part of Regal FC Barcelona (21-5) defeating Blancos de Rueda (6-20) 92-86 in the last game of the season. Ingles started the game and then proceeded to fill the stat sheet with 19 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals while including 5/5 from 3pt range. This year Ingles averaged 5.6ppg, 1.6rpg and 1.6apg.

MIN

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

REBS

AST

STL

BLKS

TO

28

0-1

5-5

4-6

19

3

1

2

1

1

Steven Markovic

Hometown: Sydney, NSW

Current Team: Radnički Kragujevac (Serbia – Serbian/Adriatic League)

Former Teams: West Sydney Razorbacks (NBL), Crvena Zvezda (Euroleage)

Steven Markovic was spectacular in what was the first game of the Serbian Serbian A League. Scoring 20 points and adding 5 assists to help Radnički Kragujevac (1-0) defeat Vojvodina (0-1) 88-86. Markovic was extremely impressive and looks set to be a vital piece in Kragujevac’s success this season. If Markovic can continue this high level of play for the rest of the season he could quite possibly find himself in a Boomers singlet come time for London 2012.

MIN

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

REBS

AST

STL

BLKS

TO

29

6-10

2-5

6-6

20

0

5

1

0

0

Nathan Jawai

Last Week’s International Player of the Week went head to head against Joe Ingles as Unics Kazan took on Regal FC Barcelona in a best of three play-off series this week. Barcelona eliminated Unics from the play-offs in 3 short games but in Game 2, although Unics lost 66-63, Nathan Jawai didn’t let them go down without a fight. He delivered 21 points and 10 rebounds. For the season Jawai averaged 7.4ppg and 4.3rpg.